Nigeria is named after the Niger River. A British journalist in the 1890s named Flora Shaw suggested the name because of the river was a dominant presence in region and the name was accepted as the official name of those territories in the Niger Region. (ANYANWU) The country can be divided into three regions that include the forest lands in the south‚ the Sudan savanna in the north‚ and the Middle Belt‚ in between. Nigeria has an extensive geographic size‚ with a large degree of ecological‚ economic
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Browse > Area and Ethnic Studies > African Studies View HTMLDownload PDF The African AIDS Epidemic: A History‚ and: AIDS in Nigeria: A Nation on the Threshold (review) Ezekiel Kalipeni‚ Richard O. Djukpen From: African Studies Review Volume 50‚ Number 1‚ April 2007 pp. 197-199 | 10.1353/arw.2005.0113 In lieu of an abstract‚ here is a brief excerpt of the content: These two books are a welcome addition to the growing body of literature that draws attention to the social‚ cultural‚ political
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DYNAMICS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA‚ 1914-1999 Abstract: This article examines the intractable problem of constitutional engineering in Nigeria. It is asserted that the drafting of constitutions is a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s chequered political history. Right from the colonial period‚ Nigerians were barely involved in the art of constitution making while the British colonial overlords employed constitution making to consolidate their imperial strategies. Post colonial Nigerian
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ECON1101 Essay: Petrol subsidies in Nigeria Nigeria‚ an oil-abundant nation‚ produces two million of barrels of crude oil a day‚ though despite this‚ it relies solely on importation to sustain its refined-fuel needs. This is because its four refineries fail to function effectively and continue to operate beneath capacity. Governmental mismanagement and political corruption are some of the reasons why Nigeria’s refineries remain in this state. The Nigerian government therefore implemented subsidies
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Hierarchy of courts in Nigerian Superior courts of Nigeria are courts which are listed in the Nigeria constitution of section 6 (5) which are namely: Supreme court Court of appeal The court of co-ordinate Jurisdiction Federal high court State high court Sharia court of appeal Customary court of appeal National industrial court Another superior courts added as amended by the 3rd alteration Act of 2010 is the NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT With regards to this court mentioned
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to control population and the low value associated with females in these societies historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance. The two atrocious practices have led to problems such as elevated rates in female kidnapping and slave trade‚ as well as forced marriages. This paper will focus on the roots of female infanticide and sex-selective abortions as well as the
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MONEY AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA Since the return to electoral politics in 1999‚ and particularly after the 2003 general elections‚ Nigeria ’s political parties have been criticized by the media‚ academics‚ observers and the electorate for corrupt and unbridled use of money in politics. The anti-corruption initiatives of the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo provided a suitable environment for some civil society groups to engage governments and other stakeholders on the issue of corruption
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Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS) International Business Department: International Business‚ Strategy and Economics Module Code: MOD001055 Academic Year: 2012/13 Semester/Trimester: 1 Lord Ashcroft International Business School (LAIBS) International Business Department: International Business‚ Strategy and Economics Module Code: MOD001055 Academic Year: 2012/13 Semester/Trimester: 1 Contents 1. Key Information 2 2. Introduction to the
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eighth most populous country in the world with a population of 154‚ 729‚000 citizens. Our nominal GDP is $207. 116 billion and we have a nominal per capita income of $1‚4011. Nigeria also has the second largest economy in Africa . If I may ask‚ is this country not blessed? Yet‚ it is still plagued by youth unemployment which had been one of our major problems in recent years. Both government and the private sector had discussed
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BANK OF INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION. The Bank of Industry was created by the Federal Executive Council in January 2002 with the sole purpose of promoting and encouraging small and medium scale industries in Nigeria by providing long term financing to the industrial sector of the Nigerian economy. It was formed by the amalgamation of three already existing development financial institutions comprising: The Nigerian Bank of Commerce and Industry (NBCI)‚ The Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) and
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